The Oakstone Advantage

The Oakstone team partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include UCSF, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Our continuing education programs include:

Board Reviews

Stay current and earn credits while maximizing your performance on certification or recertification exams.

Clinical Updates

Ensure the highest quality of patient care with the latest guidelines and treatment options in your specialty.

Journal Reviews

Become a member of the elite journal club and stay ahead of changes with top-quality, unbiased journal summaries.

Audio Companions

Expand your breadth of knowledge with popular self-assessment programs with focused discussions and commentary.

Ebix is a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce to the insurance, financial and health care industries. A.D.A.M. is a business unit of Ebix focused on providing innovative multimedia health content trusted by best-in-class websites, consumer health portals, health care, biomedical device, pharmaceutical, and academic organizations.

As a part of A.D.A.M., Oakstone products will be marketed within the vast domestic and international network of hospitals, educational institutions and physician medical associations. In addition, the Oakstone team will have access to the extensive spectrum of A.D.A.M. content services providing the ability to leverage its rich media production services to elevate the quality of our products and increase the offerings available to our physician, dental and allied health care-based network of customers.

Major Brands

CMEinfo Doctors and dentists rely on CMEinfo to provide a range of unbiased and evidence-based content in the form of recorded medical conferences and accompanying materials, which can be accessed online or in CD or DVD formats. Every year, CMEinfo records, edits and packages these programs across 40+ medical specialties and subspecialties, giving doctors and dentists the freedom to “attend” important conferences without travel and time away from their practice.

Practical Reviews Every month, our experienced physician-editors scour hundreds of medical journals in search of the most relevant articles, delivering expert summaries and audio commentary to computers, phones and mobile devices. Practical Reviews keeps doctors and dentists current, saving them precious time while putting a world of valuable information at their fingertips.

Dental Decks Capitalizing on the simplicity and effectiveness of flash cards, Dental Decks provides dental and dental hygiene students with a fast, convenient, proven way to prep for Dental and Dental Hygiene Board exams. Cards are available online or in physical form, organized around relevant topics and designed to be an affordable, highly useful tool.

Personal Best Personal Best promotes health and safety in the workplace through employee wellness programs and publications that educate, encourage and enrich. We deliver a range of generic and custom-branded wellness communication tools in the form of newsletters, brochures, posters, kits, journals and other materials.

Major Partnerships

Oakstone partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Click here to view the complete list of universities, hospitals and association partners.

The Oakstone Pledge

While we provide a vast array of continuing medical education materials, it is the quality of what we provide that makes us different. Our content is unbiased and evidence-based. We strive to work with highly experienced clinicians and experts in their fields, and partner with some of the best medical institutions in the world. Through our products, CMEinfo and Practical Reviews, we provide the best in recorded course reviews, clinical updates, journal summaries and conferences. You can be confident that the CME materials developed by Oakstone are of the absolute highest quality. Our reputation depends on it.

Mission Statement

Oakstone Medical Publishing, LLC (Oakstone) develops and publishes medical and dental education materials that are timely, relevant, and meaningful to clinical practice in multiple specialties for health care and dental providers. Each activity provides practical, concise updated information allowing the provider to incorporate new practice methodologies (or eliminate existing practice methodologies) and to improve professional understanding of various health-related issues addressed in their practice while enhancing their competence and performance for purposes of improved patient care and improved quality of health care.

The continuing education (CE) programs by Oakstone are designed to develop and disseminate medical and dental educational materials allowing health care and dental providers to select their learning format and then learn at a convenient time, pace, and place.

The Oakstone Advantage

The Oakstone team partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include UCSF, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Our continuing education programs include:

Board Reviews

Stay current and earn credits while maximizing your performance on certification or recertification exams.

Clinical Updates

Ensure the highest quality of patient care with the latest guidelines and treatment options in your specialty.

Journal Reviews

Become a member of the elite journal club and stay ahead of changes with top-quality, unbiased journal summaries.

Audio Companions

Expand your breadth of knowledge with popular self-assessment programs with focused discussions and commentary.

Ebix is a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce to the insurance, financial and health care industries. A.D.A.M. is a business unit of Ebix focused on providing innovative multimedia health content trusted by best-in-class websites, consumer health portals, health care, biomedical device, pharmaceutical, and academic organizations.

As a part of A.D.A.M., Oakstone products will be marketed within the vast domestic and international network of hospitals, educational institutions and physician medical associations. In addition, the Oakstone team will have access to the extensive spectrum of A.D.A.M. content services providing the ability to leverage its rich media production services to elevate the quality of our products and increase the offerings available to our physician, dental and allied health care-based network of customers.

Major Brands

CMEinfo Doctors and dentists rely on CMEinfo to provide a range of unbiased and evidence-based content in the form of recorded medical conferences and accompanying materials, which can be accessed online or in CD or DVD formats. Every year, CMEinfo records, edits and packages these programs across 40+ medical specialties and subspecialties, giving doctors and dentists the freedom to “attend” important conferences without travel and time away from their practice.

Practical Reviews Every month, our experienced physician-editors scour hundreds of medical journals in search of the most relevant articles, delivering expert summaries and audio commentary to computers, phones and mobile devices. Practical Reviews keeps doctors and dentists current, saving them precious time while putting a world of valuable information at their fingertips.

Dental Decks Capitalizing on the simplicity and effectiveness of flash cards, Dental Decks provides dental and dental hygiene students with a fast, convenient, proven way to prep for Dental and Dental Hygiene Board exams. Cards are available online or in physical form, organized around relevant topics and designed to be an affordable, highly useful tool.

Personal Best Personal Best promotes health and safety in the workplace through employee wellness programs and publications that educate, encourage and enrich. We deliver a range of generic and custom-branded wellness communication tools in the form of newsletters, brochures, posters, kits, journals and other materials.

Major Partnerships

Oakstone partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Click here to view the complete list of universities, hospitals and association partners.

The Oakstone Pledge

While we provide a vast array of continuing medical education materials, it is the quality of what we provide that makes us different. Our content is unbiased and evidence-based. We strive to work with highly experienced clinicians and experts in their fields, and partner with some of the best medical institutions in the world. Through our products, CMEinfo and Practical Reviews, we provide the best in recorded course reviews, clinical updates, journal summaries and conferences. You can be confident that the CME materials developed by Oakstone are of the absolute highest quality. Our reputation depends on it.

Mission Statement

Oakstone Medical Publishing, LLC (Oakstone) develops and publishes medical and dental education materials that are timely, relevant, and meaningful to clinical practice in multiple specialties for health care and dental providers. Each activity provides practical, concise updated information allowing the provider to incorporate new practice methodologies (or eliminate existing practice methodologies) and to improve professional understanding of various health-related issues addressed in their practice while enhancing their competence and performance for purposes of improved patient care and improved quality of health care.

The continuing education (CE) programs by Oakstone are designed to develop and disseminate medical and dental educational materials allowing health care and dental providers to select their learning format and then learn at a convenient time, pace, and place.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review

Oakstone Board Review

A comprehensive review in gastroenterology and hepatology designed to improve the care and management of patients with acute and chronic GI and liver disorders. Ideal for MOC.

If your primary viewing mode will be on a computer or tablet, we recommend the Online Video package. In addition to online access, you will receive a USB with MP4 files. Use the USB to watch offline or import into iTunes and other media players and then synch to your mobile device, laptop or desktop. Plus you save $130 including standard shipping charges vs the DVD package.

Stay Current in Your Specialty

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review focuses on the key topics in these two subspecialties. It will help you keep pace with the latest developments in your field and will fully prepare you for the ABIM Gastroenterology subspecialty certification exam. It will help you to:

Apply an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal and liver disorders

Kenneth E. Sherman, MD, PhD

Division of Digestive Disease at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH

Stuart Jon Spechler, MD

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology

Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Research

Baylor Scott and White Research Institute

Dallas, TX

Tram T. Tran, MD

Medical Director, Liver Transplantation

Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Professor of Medicine

Geffen UCLA School of Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

John M. Vierling, MD, FACP, FAASLD

Professor of Medicine and Surgery

Chief of Hepatology

Director of Advanced Liver Therapies

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, TX

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 36.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Oakstone Publishing, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 36.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Date of Original Release: August 31, 2017Date Credits Expire: August 31, 2020Contact Hours: 36.5Estimated Time to Complete: 36.5 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

Apply a sophisticated, evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal and liver disorders

Discuss the difference between gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett’s esophagus

Differentiate between the management options for hepatitis B and hepatitis C

Explain imaging possibilities for liver masses

Recognize the diagnostic challenges of acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis

Identify approaches to gastrointestinal bleeding

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, internists, fellows in gastroenterology, internal medicine residents interested in gastroenterology and hepatology, and nurse practitioners working in gastroenterology, hepatology, and internal medicine.